RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION

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-A term used to describe the individual who make up the workforce of an organization

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HUMAN RESOURCES

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• Core function of all organizations

- Ensures that companies have the necessary talent required to operate effectively

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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-Framework for the expansion of human capital within an organization

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HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

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– HR department are viewed as the specialists in the areas that encompass Human Resources or people management.

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EXECUTIVE ROLE

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HR department will check other departments and the organization as a whole to ensure all HR policies are being carried out in accordance with the company’s HR policy

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AUDIT ROLE

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HR department help or facilitate other departments to achieve the goals or standards as laid out in the HR policies of the organization.

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FACILITATOR ROLE

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HR department will advise managers on how to tackle specific managing people issues professionally.

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CONSULTANCY ROLE

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HR department is an information provider to raise awareness and inform departments and functional areas on changes in policy.

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SERVICE ROLE

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the major responsibilities of the HR Team where HR managers come up with plans and strategies for hiring the right kind of people.

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RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING

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HRM encourages the people working in an organization, to work according to their potential and gives them suggestions that can help them to bring about improvement in it.

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PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS

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HR department acts as a consultant and mediator to sort out issues in an effective manner.

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MANAGING DISPUTES

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the process whereby company leaders and HR professionals identify key positions within the company and develop plans to fill those positions either with internal or external staff.

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SUCCESSION PLANNING

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includes employees that are only temporary or that do not contribute to the most essential tasks the business must complete.

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FLEXIBLE WORKFORCE

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includes employees who perform the vital activities of the company and has handful advantages such as stability, continuity and predictability.

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CORE WORKFORCE

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this term refers to a broad category of workers whose business relationship with the organization for whom they perform the work operates on a restricted-time basis founded on a contingency such as peak workload or special projects.

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CONTINGENT WORKERS

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a service that matches the labor needs of its corporate clients with individuals who have the skill sets necessary to meet those needs.

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STAFFING FIRMS/STAFFING AGENCY

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the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work and not what will be done and how it will be done

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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS

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this is more commonly called as service provider or third-party provider. This can be defined as the transfer of business process to an external organization.

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OUTSOURCING

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a good document to look at first, as it might indicate at a glance that an applicant is “completely out of the game” when it comes to meeting your job specifications/statement of qualifications

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COVER LETTER

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measures of learning capacity, scholastic aptitude, verbal reasoning ability, comprehension, memory, and reasoning style

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 COGNITIVE ABILITY AND INTELLIGENCE

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measures of knowledge within academic subjects, scholastic skills (like reading and writing)

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 ACHIEVEMENT TESTS

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measure current performance or potential in special skill areas like mechanical aptitude, musical and artistic ability and spatial abilities

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 SPECIAL APTITUDES AND ABILITIES

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shows the key components of job requirements job analysis, each of which must be explicitly considered for inclusion in any job requirement job analysis.

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JOB REQUIREMENT MATRIX

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Competency based approach is today used by a lot of many organizations in achieving their strategic objectives

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND COMPETENCIES

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measures of interest in the activities, skill development and environments associated with various occupations

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 VOCATIONAL INTEREST TESTS

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measure character ‘traits’ or personality patterns using either ‘diagnostic’ tests for measuring non-typical behavior to define treatment, or ‘development’ tests measuring typical behavior for making development plans or decisions

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 PERSONALITY TESTS

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representation of some aspect of work that an individual would be expected to perform.

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 JOB SIMULATION

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could be described as word-of-mouth recruitment, or at management level it is commonly known as headhunting.

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INFORMAL RECRUITMENT

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the key to effective formal recruitment is to have the right job specifications and the right advertising strategy to attract the right employees.

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FORMAL RECRUITMENT

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critical and valuable resource for identifying new and talented applicants. Satisfied employees are the best public relations representatives that an organization can have.

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EMPLOYEE REFERRALS

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focused way of developing and building a broad list of contacts and using them to your advantage when you need something.

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NETWORKING

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students who have successfully worked part-time or summer positions for the organization

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ON-THE-JOB TRAINEES

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most business receive unsolicited resumes and job applications even when they are not hiring

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UNSOLICITED APPLICATIONS

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depending on the type of position to be filled, high schools, trade and vocational schools, colleges and universities can be good sources of candidates.

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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

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alumni files can be a good source for companies seeking educated candidates with more work experience than recent graduates generally have

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ALUMNI PLACEMENT OFFICES

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companies usually pay a booth fee and send representatives to collect resumes and pre-screen candidates

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JOB FAIRS

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most trade associations maintain a central clearinghouse of candidates who wish to change jobs.

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ASSOCIATIONS

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rather than basing pay increase on promotions, pay increases can be based on knowledge and skill acquisition and contribution to the organization as a team member and individual.

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ALTERNATIVE REWARD SYSTEMS

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greater challenge and autonomy in the workplace can be created by having employees work in teams where they are responsible for all aspects of work involved in providing a service or product, including self-management.

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TEAM BUILDING

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Workshops, self-directed workbooks, and individual advising can be used by organizations to ensure that employees have a well-reasoned plan for movement in the organization.

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COUNSELLING

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these organizations match job seekers with potential employers for a fee, usually paid by the employer once a candidate is hired.

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PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

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similar to private employment agencies, but their fees are usually paid by former who have laid off or downsized workers.

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OUTPLACEMENT AGENCIES

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these firms offer employees to fill a wide range of needs, from clerical to manufacturing to professional services

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TEMPORARY SERVICES

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employment advertising included everything from a “help wanted” sign in the window, to print ads in local newspapers or specialized publications like trade magazines, to classified ads on cable television or the internet.

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ADVERTISING

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employees are made aware of job vacancies. Usually this is accomplished by a job posting and bidding system.

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OPEN INTERNAL RECRUITMENT SYSTEM

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both open and closed steps are followed at the same time.

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TARGETED SYSTEM OF INTERNAL RECRUITMENT

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very similar to the advertisement used in external recruitment. It spells out the duties and requirements of the job and show how applicants can apply.

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JOB POSTING

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though it has not been used much in internal recruitment, more companies are using employees’ referrals to staff positions internally.

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EMPLOYEE REFERRAL

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inspired by the successes of online auction sites like eBay and Priceline.com, a new innovation in sourcing internal candidates is bidding.

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EMPLOYEE BIDDING

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known a commodity and require less orientation to the organization than would external hires.

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IN-HOUSE TEMPORARY POOLS

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Most succession plans include replacement charts, which indicate positions and who is scheduled to fill those slots when they become vacant.

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REPLACEMENT AND SUCCESSION PLANS

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an intranet is similar to the internet, except that it is confined to the organization.

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INTRANET AND INTRAPLACEMENT

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there are equal differences between scales points for the attribute being measured and has a logical or absolute true zero point.

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RATIO

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represent the amount of the attribute being assessed. These are numerical indicator of the attribute.

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SCORES

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 a process used to gather and express information about persons and jobs in numerical form  the process of assigning number to object to represent quantities of an attribute of the objects

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MEASUREMENT